IT IS OFFICIALLY PREAKNESS WEEK NOW AND THAT MEANS THE HORSES WILL START ARRIVING AT PIMLICO RACE COURSE IN PREPARATION FOR THE BIG, BIG RACE ON SATURDAY. THE KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER CALIFORNIA CHROME ARRIVED WHERE HE WILL TRY TO COMPLETE THE SECOND LEG OF THE TRIPLE CROWN. KATE AMARA JOINS US WITH MORE ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHAMP. HEY, KATE. CHAMPION, YES, BUT IT WAS MORE LIKE A ROCKSTAR OR BRAD PITT JUDGING FROM THE WELCOME CALIFORNIA CHROME GOT HERE TODAY. HIS FLIGHT TOUCHDOWN JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THEN HE GOT THE TRADITIONAL POLICE ESCORT UP HERE TO PIMLICO. THERE WAS AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD WAITING TO SEE HIM. THERE WERE OOHS AND AHHS AS HE CAME OUT OF THE HORSE TRAILER, BACKED OUT, ACTUALLY. THEN HE STOPPED, HE WHEN HE, HE POSED FOR PICTURES LIKE HE KNEW SOMETHING -- HE WHINNIED, HE POSED FOR PICTURES LIKE HE KNEW HE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. THIS WAS A MOMENT THAT HIS ASSISTANT TRAINER CALLED UNBELIEVABLE AND SPECIAL. THIS IS AWESOME, AN AWESOME FEELING TO HAVE A COURSE OF THIS CALIBER. FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A HORSE THIS GOOD. WE ARE ENJOYING THE RIDE. THIS IS EARLY FOR A DERBY WINNER TO ARRIVE AT AMOCO. IT IS USUALLY WEDNESDAY. THE EXTRA TIME WILL GIVE CALIFORNIA CHROME TIME TO GET COMFORTABLE BEFORE HE PUTS HIS GAME FACE ON. HE SAYS THE COURSE -- HORSE IS IMPERFECT SHAPE AND WILL BE ON THE TRACK AT 6:45 TOMORROW MORNING. HALF OF THE FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE AT PIMLICO BY THE END OF THIS DAY. KATE AMARA, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. THANKS. REMEMBER WBAL TV IS YOUR EXCLUSIVE SOURCE FOR ALL THINGS PREAKNESS.